Pick, Barbara "Barb" 1957-2011

PICK, FEECK, GABEL

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/4/2017 at 09:17:34

CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa -- Barbara (Feeck) Pick, 53, of Correctionville died Monday, March 14, 2011, with her family at her side at her home in Correctionville.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, Iowa, with the Rev. William McCarthy officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Remsen. Visitation will be anytime after 4 p.m. on Thursday, with a parish rosary at 5 p.m., and vigil prayer service at 7 p.m., all at the Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Remsen.

Barb was born Aug. 6, 1957, at Le Mars, Iowa, the daughter of William Feeck & Ruth (Gabel) Feeck-Thiel. Barb was raised and educated in Remsen. She graduated from St. Mary's Catholic High School in 1975.

On Oct. 15, 1977, she married Gary Pick at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen. She worked at Ruth's Cafe in Remsen for a few years. She then stayed home to raise her children. She later moved to Sioux City and became a CNA and worked at various nursing homes in Sioux City. Working with elderly people was her passion.

Barb loved rummage sales, taking pictures and visiting with friends. Barb prided herself on her grandchildren and loved being a grandmother most of all.

Survivors include her special friend, Jose De (Papa) Martinez of Correctionville; three children, Jesse Pick and his wife, Shelly and their children, Carson, Colin and J.J., Rusty Pick and his special friend, Erica Cypher, all of Marcus, Jodi Pick and her special friend, Brent Lennon and their children, Brenna and Owen of Correctionville; one sister, Marlene Klein of Remsen; her stepfather, Bernard "Shorty" Thiel of Remsen; and nieces and nephews, Steve Klein, Tracy Wurth, Tim Klein, Ryan Feeck and Jamie Krienert, all of Remsen.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Marilyn Feeck; one brother, Scott Feeck; and one brother-in-law, Donald Klein.

Sioux City Journal
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Sioux City, Iowa